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Black and white photographic print showing two young girls standing outside a house. They are seen wearing a typical hairstyle from the late 19th century. The caption reads Photograph showing the Kolona - a head ornament, made from the Konk ...[more]

Black and white photographic print showing two young girls standing outside a house. They are seen wearing a typical hairstyle from the late 19th century. The caption reads Photograph showing the Kolona - a head ornament, made from the Konk shell, worn by the Mandingo women upon tufts of their hair . The Kuranko name for the snail-shell toggle is inwora. Published as Figure 76 in T. J. Alldridge, 1901, The Sherbro and Its Hinterland (London: Macmillan). The caption reads: Native hairdressing - women of Mosaia wearing the Kolona. Warra-Warra, Limba Country.

Black and white photographic print showing two young girls standing outside a house. They are seen wearing a typical hairstyle from the late 19th century. The caption reads Photograph showing the Kolona - a head ornament, made from the Konk shell, worn by the Mandingo women upon tufts of their hair . The Kuranko name for the snail-shell toggle is inwora. Published as Figure 76 in T. J. Alldridge, 1901, The Sherbro and Its Hinterland (London: Macmillan). The caption reads: Native hairdressing - women of Mosaia wearing the Kolona. Warra-Warra, Limba Country. [less]